When You’d Look Better as a Ghost opens Claire has just found out that a piece of her art has been accepted for a prestigious show. It’s only the next day that she gets another email from the same person letting her know he made a mistake and it’s another woman named Claire who got in. Crushing news for any aspiring artist but these things happen, right? Yes, but not to Claire. ... Read More...
The God of the Woods
"To panic was to make an enemy of the forest. To stay calm was to be its friend." —T.J. Hewitt, Director, Camp Emerson Summer sleepaway camp goes one of two ways for attendees—either an idyllic time or one of misery. Somehow author Liz Moore manages to encompass both in her new thriller, The God of the Woods. This multi-generational, slow-burn mystery is set at Camp ... Read More...
Summer Reading Mini-Review
I've had such good reading recently that I feel bit a bit bad ending this week on a negative note. At the same time, I'm not one to mince my words so while I love light-hearted, fun reading, especially in the summer, these two books fell far short of success for me. Patrick, the witty, gay uncle in Steven Rowley’s novel The Guncle has returned for an encore ... Read More...
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Margo is 19 and languishing at community college when she is swept into an affair with a married professor. She ends up pregnant and decides to have the baby. What follows in Margo’s Got Money Troubles is a story and characters that are frustrating, quirky, and endearing. Let’s jump right into the frustrating. My pragmatic nature trampled my romantic side decades ago so a ... Read More...
Jackie: A Novel by Dawn Tripp
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was one of the most talked about women of the 20th century. An ocean of words exists, including her own, allowing analysis and dissection of every aspect of her life to feed the insatiable appetite of those fascinated by this enigmatic woman. What could another book possibly offer? In the case of Dawn Tripp’s new novel Jackie the freedom of fiction ... Read More...
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
Rachel Khong’s new novel, Real Americans is one family’s story told in four parts spanning from the year 2000 into some time in the near future. The first is set in NYC and introduces a young woman named Lily who falls in love with the heir to a pharmaceutical fortune. Part two takes place 15 years later, is set on a small island off the coast of WA, and is told by their son, ... Read More...
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